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Somajaya

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Parikh, Praveenchandra C. & Shelat, Bharati K. (1997), p 281, Cat. no. 681. | work record
Label Somajaya, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1525-1548, Tapāgaccha
Generic Name
  1. Somajaya

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 64, 107, 53, 55. | work record
Variants
  1. Somajaśa (Generic Name)

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 107, 55. | work record
Honorific or Epithet
  1. tārkika
Religious Status
  1. Jaina monk (sādhu / muni)
Name and Monastic Position
  1. Somajaya, sūri (sūri)

Sources

  1. Parikh, Praveenchandra C. & Shelat, Bharati K. (1997), p 281, cat.no.681. | work record
Gender
  1. Male (puruṣa)
Religious Affiliation
  1. Jaina (Jaina){R}-Śvetāmbara (Śvetāmbara){D}-Mūrtipūjaka (Mūrtipūjaka){ST}-Tapāgaccha (Tapāgaccha){S}

Sources

  1. Parikh, Praveenchandra C. & Shelat, Bharati K. (1997), p 281, Cat.no. 681. | work record
Monastic Relationships
  1. Male disciple (śiṣya): Jinasoma, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1515, Tapāgaccha
  2. Male disciple (śiṣya): Indranandi, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1528-1581, Tapāgaccha, founder of Kutubapurāśākhā

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 107, 56. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 107, 56. | work record
Events
  1. Life date (jīvanakālasaṃbandhī)
    Indian dates: 1525 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1468
  2. Ācārya inauguration (ācāryapadasthāpanā)
    Location: Lāḍola, India
  3. Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā)
    Indian dates: 1525 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1468
    Location: Bhīmavihāra, Rājasthāna, Ābu, India
  4. Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā)
    Indian dates: 1548 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1492
    Location: Kuṇḍagrāma
  5. Instruction (upadeśa)
    Indian dates: 1538 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1481

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 107, 55. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 64, 107, 53, 55. | work record
    Note: Gave by Lakṣmīsāgarasūri.
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 107, 55. | work record
  4. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 107, 55. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 107, 55. | work record
Roles
  1. Consecrator of a building or material object (pratiṣṭhāpaka) of:
    Object: Jina image (Ṛṣabhadevabimba)
    Event: Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā)
    Location: Bhīmavihāra, Rājasthāna, Ābu, India Bhīmavihāra, Rājasthāna, Ābu, India
    Indian dates: 1525 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1468
  2. Consecrator of a building or material object (pratiṣṭhāpaka) of:
    Object: Jina image (Pārśvanāthabimba)
    Event: Image consecration (pratimāpratiṣṭhā)
    Location: Kuṇḍagrāma Kuṇḍagrāma
    Indian dates: 1548 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1492
  3. Inspirer (upadeśaka) of: Devā, śrāvaka, about Vi.Saṃ. 1538, Śrīmālī
    Object: Jñānabhaṇḍāra
    Event: Instruction (upadeśa)
    Indian dates: 1538 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (north India) (vikramasaṃvat (uttara bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1481
  4. Consecrator of an ācārya (ācāryapadakṛt): Lakṣmīsāgara, sūri Vi.Saṃ. 1470-1547, Tapāgaccha, successor of Ratnaśekhara (Tapāgaccha, sūri Vi.Saṃ. 1502-1525)
    Object: Ācāryapada (ācāryapada)
    Event: Ācārya inauguration (ācāryapadasthāpanā)
    Location: Lāḍola, India Lāḍola, India
    Indian dates: 1518 Vikrama saṃvat calendar (south India) (vikramasaṃvat (dakṣiṇa bhārata))
    Gregorian dates: 1462
  5. Successor (uttarādhikārī): Jinasoma, sūri, Vi.Saṃ. 1515, Tapāgaccha

Sources

  1. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 107, 55. | work record
  2. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 107, 55. | work record
  3. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 107, 55. | work record
  4. Parikh, Praveenchandra C. & Shelat, Bharati K. (1997), p 281, cat.no.681. | work record
  5. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), pp 64, 107, 53, 55. | work record
  6. Deśāī, Mohanalāla Dalīcanda & Koṭhārī, Jayanta (1997), p 107, 56. | work record
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